QUOTE(prasys @ Sep 22 2007, 11:45 AM)
Well , so far it looks good. Its far better then JARING when it comes to upload. At this moment I can get around 100-200Kbps upload (if I place the modem near the window). I can still get around 50-60Kbps (if its inside my house). As for the download , I can get 80%+ of the subscribed speed at all times (and sometimes even more). But then it really slows down during the night (maybe its because they allow p2p during the night) , but then the latency is consistent and stable , which is well a good news for me. The drawbacks you ask. Well there are a lot
Firstly , you don't get full control of that modem. Maxis automatically blocks and unblocks port for you. In other words you can't host a gaming server , HTTP Server , Torrentflux server or p2p. Its all nat'ed and at sharp 1 in the morning its all opened and you can freely p2p at amazing gila-gila speed (roughly around 80-120Kilobytes/sec) till 6 in the morning (fair deal). After that it will be at 0KB/s (even though the client can connect to seeders/peers it will be at 0). Fair enough I say. Next up , the problem lies with Maxis itself. I dont trust Maxis 100% on their charges. They love to play tricks (they certainly do have lot of tricks up their sleeves) and try to lure you into something. Oh they should improve their International Links. Accessing websites that are located out of Malaysia takes ages to load. I've to use a local proxy to get decent speeds. I did not have any sort of 'International' Link Problem with JARING (Unless of course there is a major "outbreak").
Added on September 22, 2007, 11:49 am
Look at the latency. Its amazing. I am downloading python and my friends are playing World of Warcraft and DOTA on our local servers. Its still amazing. Oh yeah they do suffer minor lag spikes (Streamyx users will not face minor lag spikes as their latency to local servers are less then 100 ms). So I think its good enough. Oh yeah you can forget about playing MMORPG on international servers.
good review prasys. I used to try out 120 package, and I was very impressed with the latency to local servers. Being used to DIGI edge latency which is a horrible 550 -850ms, I got a nice surprise to note 150ms latency ! this is DEFINITELY much better than Dial Up. I was able to play DOTA too on Maxis
Another cool thing about 120 package is people can still contact me through my 3G handphone while it was being used as a modem. I can surf and talk over my 3G phone at same time. It gives me the feel of ADSL with data/voice capability.
The only downside I could say about 120 package is the 3G signal tend to be very weak indoors and I can just be roamed into their GPRS network if 3G gets too weak. ah, with GPRS you know the latency to expect = 500 + ms.
And of course, the price is a bit dear at 120.
lastly, I feel Maxis network management is at par with Jaring. The fact that they block bit torrent from 6am to 12am shows that the network engineers at least have the common sense to manage their network bandwidth well. well thought-over policy I would say.